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Title: Crisis Is Upon Us
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URL Source: http://www.lewrockwell.com/roberts/roberts175.html
Published: Sep 25, 2006
Author: by Paul Craig Roberts
Post Date: 2006-09-25 04:18:19 by Burkeman1
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Comments: 21
Military experts point out that at a time when generals are calling for more troops for Afghanistan and Iraq, it would be ill-advised for Bush to add Iran to the war theater. Experts note that Iran is well armed with missiles capable of attacking US ships and oil facilities throughout the Middle East and that Iran can direct its Shiite allies in Iraq to assault US troops there and set in motion terrorist actions throughout the Middle East. Diplomatic experts point out that the US is isolated in its desire for war with Iran and has no ally except Israel, thus validating Muslim claims that the US is Israel’s instrument against Muslims in the Middle East. Experts note that military aggression is a war crime and that US violations of international law isolate the US and destroy the soft power on which US leadership has been based. An attack on Iran could be the last straw for Muslims chaffing under the rule of US puppet governments in Egypt, Pakistan, Jordan and Saudi Arabia. Economic experts point out that the impact on the price of oil would be severe and the economic consequences detrimental. With the US housing bubble deflating, now is not the time for an oil shock. It is difficult to take exception to this expert analysis. Nevertheless, the Bush administration continues to send war signals. Credible news organizations have reported that US naval attack groups have been given "prepare to deploy orders" that would put them on station off Iran by October 21. How can Bush administration war plans be reconciled with expert opinion that the consequences would be too dire for the US? Perhaps the answer is that what appears as irrationality to experts is rationality to neoconservatives. Neocons seek maximum chaos and instability in the Middle East in order to justify long-term US occupation of the region. Following this line of thought, neocons would regard the loss of a US aircraft carrier in the Persian Gulf as a way to solidify public support for the war. US public anger at the Iranians could even result in US public support for a military draft in order to win "the war on terror." The Bush administration could bring Congress around by announcing a "Gulf of Tonkin" incident or by orchestrating a "terrorist attack." However, this is unnecessary as Bush has prepared the ground for bypassing Congress with his propagandistic allegations that Iran, by arming Iraqi insurgents, sponsoring terrorism, and building nuclear weapons, is the major part of the ongoing "war against terrorism." Now that Iran is blamed for rising violence in Iraq, an attack on Iran follows as a matter of course. All Bush has to do is to continue with his lies in order to bring the American public to a new war hysteria. Bush’s attorney general has demonstrated that he has no qualms about validating any and all extra-legal powers that the White House requires for violating the US Constitution and international law. The congressional attempts to block illegal wiretapping and torture have failed. The Senate has refused to authorize torture, but the Senate has not prevented the administration from torturing detainees. The compromise leaves it to the White House to decide by executive order whether its interrogation practices are objectionable. In an editorial (September 22, 2006), the Washington Post concluded that "the abuse can continue." Polls show that Bush administration propaganda has convinced a majority of inattentive Americans that Iran is making nuclear weapons. Polls show that a majority support an attack on Iran under this circumstance. The neoconservatives and their media allies have succeeded in causing the public to confuse Iran’s legal nuclear energy program with a weapons program. The International Atomic Energy Agency, whose inspectors pour over Iran’s nuclear energy program for signs of a weapons program, recently denounced a House Intelligence Committee report as "outrageous and dishonest." Written by the Republican neocon staff, the Republican report falsely alleges that Iran had enriched uranium to weapons grade last April and that the IAEA had removed a senior safeguards inspector to keep the alleged breach of the Nuclear Non-proliferation Pact secret. Once again neoconservatives have shown that they will tell any and every lie to achieve their goal of attacking Iran. Jingoistic anti-UN Bush supporters will automatically believe the neocon lie and will swallow right-wing talk radio claims that the UN is protecting Iran’s nuclear weapons program. As we learned from the Iraq hysteria, facts and experts are no impediment to the Bush administration’s lies. Rumsfeld’s neocon Pentagon has rewritten US war doctrine to permit preemptive nuclear attack on non-nuclear countries. As the US paid a huge public relations cost in terms of world opinion and distrust of the US by endorsing the first use of nuclear weapons, the revision of US war doctrine must have a purpose. Neocons claim that tactical nuclear weapons are necessary to destroy Iran’s underground facilities. However, the real reason for using nukes against Iran is to intimidate Iran from retaliating and to threaten the entire Muslim world with genocide unless Muslims bend to the neocons’ will and accept US hegemony over their part of the world. In his speech to the United Nations, Hugo Chavez might not have been too deep into hyperbole when he described Bush as an example of demonic evil.
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#1. To: All (#0)
Absent outside the filter of American MSM sweet nothings and two party fraudism- that is exactly the message the Neowhores wish to send to the Muslem world. And they frankly would have no qualms about committing genocide either. The Islamic world- given the facts on the ground (not the lies of our Media for domestic conusmption) should logically be operating from the assumption that, at a minimum the West would like to see half of them dead spread out over 40 or 50 years through a variety of mechanisms. The not so hidden writings of the Neowhores expressly spell out their desire to make over the world and also spell out their lack of squimishness about killing vast numbers of people - civilians- to do it (witness their very loud defenses and even celebrations every year of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings and even dismissal of rape and murder of civilians by their "hero" Fed gov troops). These are men with power and influence in this country. They are not cyber keyboard powerless chickenhawks on LP and Freaker land who wish they could nuke Mecca. These are men of authority in this country. Yes- there are other factions and interests who do not share their views. But it would be foolhardy for the Arab world and Iran to assume the "moderates" will win out. Logic and self preservation dictate that in such a circumstance you must operate from the belief that these men are in control and you must act accordingly. During the Cold War there was a tiny but still influential cadre of "true believing" communists mixed in among the cynics and party hacks and realists who did advocate first nuke use on the US under certain circumstances. What was the US posture? Did NORAD assume that the "moderates" would be in control? No- they assumed the worst and operated under that assumption. The Arab world and Iran would be idiotic to NOT ASSUME, given the Neowhore public statements, writings, and ideology and their positions of power- that at a minimum partial genocide of hundreds of millions of them is what they have planned.
Bush is merely the outward manifestation of a far greater evil than most normal people are able to understand. International Global elites promote, fund and operate their interests against the interests of mankind. People like Bush are simply sock puppets managed by the International Global elites cabal of infiltrators such as the PNAC crew. We too are managed through the monetary and social systems put in place to control us. As long as we continue to support their systems of control, because they afford convenience, we are supporting their evil. Surely each individual in a free society can choose whether or not to participate in torture, war, murder ... can't they ?
"consensus facit legem" "consensus makes the law"
For some, like the Reservists, the alternative choice means a major lifestyle change; still better than going along with PNAC.
"If there’s another 9/11 or a major war in the Middle-East involving a U.S. attack on Iran, I have no doubt that there will be, the day after or within days an equivalent of a Reichstag fire decree that will involve massive detentions in this country." - Daniel Ellsberg Author, Pentagon Papers http://waynemadsenreport.com Sep. 22/23, 2006 -- With the current debate on the war crimes of top officials of the Bush administration it is noteworthy to look back at the final coded comments of German Admiral Wilhelm Canaris before his execution for helping a plot to overthrow Adolf Hitler and the Nazis. Canaris, Commander of the German Military Defense Command during World War II, was executed in Flossenbuerg Concentration Camp in April 1945 after an unsuccessful military coup against Hitler. The DPA German Press Agency reported that, according to Canaris biographer Karl Heinz Abshagen, Canaris tapped a final message on the wall to a Danish inmate in the neighboring cell: "You as an officer will understand, that I was only fulfilling my patriotic duty when I tried to step up against the criminal senselessness of Hitler, leading Germany into disaster." Admiral Canaris "fulfilled a patriotic duty" to depose a maniacal despot leading his nation into disaster.
"If there’s another 9/11 or a major war in the Middle-East involving a U.S. attack on Iran, I have no doubt that there will be, the day after or within days an equivalent of a Reichstag fire decree that will involve massive detentions in this country." - Daniel Ellsberg Author, Pentagon Papers The reservists position is the least desirable of all. Conned into doing their duty they find themselves the butt end of the PNAC-Neo-Jew pre-emptive war machine. This is very regrettable and will need to be addressed ASAP ... once we regain some control after removing the rogue governing cabal now in place. Most of the reservists needed a job, an education or wanted to serve what they thought was their country. Here amnesty makes sense.
"consensus facit legem" "consensus makes the law"
http://freedom4um.com/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=35553&Disp=2#C2 Yesterday at 11:00am I hugged my sister-in-law at the S.A. airport. She is 56 years old and by next week this time she will be in Iraq. She is the 10th oldest in her unit that's being deployed this week, the oldest 60 years old!!! WTF!!! Boonie Rat MACV SOCOM, PhuBai/Hue '65-'66 Half a billion here, half a billion there, and pretty soon you have a congressional majority. boonie rat posted on 2006-09-24 14:57:34 ET Reply Trace Private Reply Edit
"If there’s another 9/11 or a major war in the Middle-East involving a U.S. attack on Iran, I have no doubt that there will be, the day after or within days an equivalent of a Reichstag fire decree that will involve massive detentions in this country." - Daniel Ellsberg Author, Pentagon Papers Honestly I'm really pissed about it. She is on blood pressure medicine, cholesterol medicine, and has had a single mastechtomy!! And there's a 72 year old doctor who was sent over!!!!! Boonie Rat MACV SOCOM, PhuBai/Hue '65-'66 Half a billion here, half a billion there, and pretty soon you have a congressional majority. boonie rat posted on 2006-09-24 18:24:37 ET Reply Trace Private Reply Edit
"If there’s another 9/11 or a major war in the Middle-East involving a U.S. attack on Iran, I have no doubt that there will be, the day after or within days an equivalent of a Reichstag fire decree that will involve massive detentions in this country." - Daniel Ellsberg Author, Pentagon Papers bump
May they (neo-cons and others of their ilk) first rot in the excrement of worms before roasting in the lake of fire for millenia. This is unforgiveable and demonstrates the dire conditions of our military.
"consensus facit legem" "consensus makes the law"
This is unforgiveable and demonstrates the dire conditions of our military. The alternatives may be difficult and unpleasant, and seem insurmountable, but many Americans need to start looking for alternatives. The draft can't be that far away.
"If there’s another 9/11 or a major war in the Middle-East involving a U.S. attack on Iran, I have no doubt that there will be, the day after or within days an equivalent of a Reichstag fire decree that will involve massive detentions in this country." - Daniel Ellsberg Author, Pentagon Papers I don't think so. The generation of the Vietnam era, however lazy and complacent, just will not buy it.
"If there’s another 9/11 or a major war in the Middle-East involving a U.S. attack on Iran, I have no doubt that there will be, the day after or within days an equivalent of a Reichstag fire decree that will involve massive detentions in this country." - Daniel Ellsberg Author, Pentagon Papers As much as I support the draft personally, I really don't think this is going to come to pass. The average Repub supporting American simply will not allow their kids to be drafted. That's just for po' folks and Mexicans.
"I woke up in the CRAZY HOUSE."
Did you read post 6 & 7 which are actually posts from boonie rat?
"If there’s another 9/11 or a major war in the Middle-East involving a U.S. attack on Iran, I have no doubt that there will be, the day after or within days an equivalent of a Reichstag fire decree that will involve massive detentions in this country." - Daniel Ellsberg Author, Pentagon Papers They seem not to understand this. They seem to be of the opinion that because the S is bogged down in Iraq, that it will not attack another country as powerful as Iran. On the other hand, perhaps their negotiation strategy on the Nukular front is taking all of the NeoCon Axis of Evil rhetoric into account, and is deliberately stalling the US on points that it will later concede, such as suspension, hoping to buy time to buy Soviet arms and anti-aircraft weaponry!
Jesus - have mercy on our people.
I still can't get over what we've come to. And they feared Americans would get upset with the first woman combat death; now there are already 64 or 65. Not a peep!
"If there’s another 9/11 or a major war in the Middle-East involving a U.S. attack on Iran, I have no doubt that there will be, the day after or within days an equivalent of a Reichstag fire decree that will involve massive detentions in this country." - Daniel Ellsberg Author, Pentagon Papers people are growing very cold-hearted aren't they? and they think that whenever you tell them something different from the tv, then you are lying. and they always imagine that there must be a logical or good reason for our government policies, when there are none. it is a slow process of driving people insane. be glad at least that you are not in this category and that you see clearly. you tried your best to warn people. Don't blame yourself that you failed.
it is a very heavy burden that we all feel. that is why robin I keep reminding people about bible prophecy - that the things we are witnessing fit into bible prophecy. babylon is here - it rules over us in our nation, our nation is the home-turf for babylon of the prophecies of the later-days. the later-days are very important in the bible. perhaps more important even than the days when jesus was here, or at least as important I would say. the deception is occurring en masse. we are told not to be deceived and we are told not to let it all trouble us. you are already not deceived. now work on not being troubled by it. although I know that is a somewhat impossible task. I cry for our people.
I'm sure God had a good reason not to spell the end times out clearly. Look what they are doing with the few hints there are. This rush to fulfill prophecy for Him, like He needs their flippin' help. The Scriptures are filled with sage advice about how we are to live. And there is not one word about torturing/raping/murdering people of another faith, while we interrogate them or their parents or their spouses. And when I think about the verses about not harming children.... Really, they are the most evil group of demonic people our nation has yet encountered. And we've had some doozies.
"If there’s another 9/11 or a major war in the Middle-East involving a U.S. attack on Iran, I have no doubt that there will be, the day after or within days an equivalent of a Reichstag fire decree that will involve massive detentions in this country." - Daniel Ellsberg Author, Pentagon Papers that's for sure. He doesn't need our help to fulfill prophecy. I do not advocate doing anything to fulfill prophecy. I wish to avoid our country's situation.
Neocons claim that tactical nuclear weapons are necessary to destroy Iran’s underground facilities. However, the real reason for using nukes against Iran is to intimidate Iran from retaliating and to threaten the entire Muslim world with genocide unless Muslims bend to the neocons’ will and accept US hegemony over their part of the world.
#2. To: Burkeman1 (#0)
In his speech to the United Nations, Hugo Chavez might not have been too deep into hyperbole when he described Bush as an example of demonic evil.
#3. To: noone222 (#2)
Surely each individual in a free society can choose whether or not to participate in torture, war, murder ... can't they ?
#4. To: All, Max, noone222 (#3)
#5. To: robin (#3)
#6. To: noone222 (#5)
#7. To: noone222 (#6)
#8. To: noone222 (#2)
International Global elites promote, fund and operate their interests against the interests of mankind. People like Bush are simply sock puppets managed by the International Global elites cabal of infiltrators such as the PNAC crew.
#9. To: robin (#7)
#10. To: noone222 (#9)
May they (neo-cons and others of their ilk) first rot in the excrement of worms before roasting in the lake of fire for millenia.
#11. To: Burkeman1 (#0)
Neocons seek maximum chaos and instability in the Middle East in order to justify long-term US occupation of the region. Following this line of thought, neocons would regard the loss of a US aircraft carrier in the Persian Gulf as a way to solidify public support for the war. US public anger at the Iranians could even result in US public support for a military draft in order to win "the war on terror."
#12. To: Burkeman1, *Paul Craig Roberts* (#0)
#13. To: robin (#10)
#14. To: mehitable (#13)
#15. To: Burkeman1 (#1)
The Arab world and Iran would be idiotic to NOT ASSUME, given the Neowhore public statements, writings, and ideology and their positions of power- that at a minimum partial genocide of hundreds of millions of them is what they have planned.
#16. To: robin (#7)
#17. To: Red Jones (#16)
#18. To: robin (#17)
#19. To: robin (#17)
I still can't get over what we've come to.
#20. To: Red Jones (#19)
#21. To: robin (#20)
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